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The Quest for Immunity (with Dr. Gagandeep Kang)

An elixir for immunity is complex

Date & Time

Tue, 21 Apr 2020

Speakers

Dr. Gagandeep Kang

Executive Director, THSTI

Pavan Srinath

Podcast host

Medical Scientist, Dr Gagandeep Kang talks to host Pavan Srinath about the development of vaccines, ongoing efforts on COVID-19, and the challenges of developing immunity / resistance against the virus.

Nearly hundred vaccine candidates are being developed across the world, with several novel vaccine efforts entering human clinical trials in April 2020. Dr. Kang unpacks this unprecedented effort at vaccine development and discusses the limits of our existing scientific knowledge about COVID-19. Dr Kang shares her thoughts on India’s role in global vaccine security, and discusses our current knowledge on human immunity to the SARS-COV-2 virus.